Cebu City or the “Queen City of the South” on Cebu Island reigns in a group of islands comprising the Visayas region of the central Philippines. This historic city is one of the most popular jumping off-points in all of the Philippines for foreign visitors, with the busiest sea port in the Philippines and the second largest air hub. Ferdinand Magellan died here planting the cross almost 500 years ago bringing Spanish influence and establishing Asia’s first European settlement. Cebu was also once a bustling commercial hub between Mexico and China.
Today, there is a widespread youthful optimism throughout this thriving energetic metropolis. For the past decade, ever increasing foreign investment has created hundreds of thousands of jobs in countless call centers and factories. Rapid economic growth has also spawned the emergence of a modern urban skyline and the development of a widening middle class. The tourism trade is also booming, particularly from Australia, United Kingdom, South Korea, Japan and China. It’s no surprise TripAdvisor named Cebu island in the Top 25 list for best holiday destinations in Asia for 2019, the only Philippine destination to make the list.
Cebu City might just be the best front row seat to witness the Philippines transform from a low to middle income country.
Basilica Minore del Santo Niño de Cebu
Cebu’s holiest church houses a revered Flemish statuette of the Christ child (Santo Niño) that dates to Magellan’s time. The church is no stranger to hardship: established in 1565 (the first church in the Philippines), three earlier structures were destroyed by fire, before the existing baroque structure was built in 1737. Its facade and belfry were badly damaged by the 2013 earthquake but have been restored.
Beautiful Part Of Cebu City
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Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park 